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Passenger in fleeing vehicle dies after driver tries to get away from police

A car that crashed after fleeing police clipped a pedestrian island at high speed before flipping and hitting an oncoming van.

Witnesses to the aftermath of the crash in Boundary Rd, Otara, said the passenger side of the speeding car was "completely smashed in" after flipping and trapping the two occupants. The 28-year-old male passenger died at the scene.

He was named tonight by police as Steven Henare Tepania.

The driver had allegedly fled when police signalled him to stop during an operation in Puhinui Rd.